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California
fromKqed
2 months ago

California Chief Justice Steps Up Monitoring of Immigration Arrests at Courthouses | KQED

State courts seek coordinated data collection, remote hearings, legal authority education, and legislative protections to safeguard courthouse access and limit federal immigration arrests.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
6 months ago

The New Court Tactic Helping ICE Deport Immigrants

New York immigration courts increasingly enforce in-person hearings, exposing immigrants to ICE courthouse arrests despite available remote hearing capabilities.
fromMission Local
7 months ago

S.F. immigration judge ordered a woman into court. Then ICE took her.

"Good morning, ma'am," he said. "You're supposed to be sitting in a courtroom right now." "Good morning, your honor," the woman replied, in Spanish through a court interpreter. "Yes, your honor, that's right." "I know that's right," O'Brien said. "I'm going to reschedule your hearing for later this morning. I'm going to give you a chance to show up." To avoid arrest, some asylum seekers are submitting written requests to the court to appear remotely.
San Francisco
SF parents
fromMission Local
10 months ago

Afraid of arrest, S.F. asylum seekers turn to video court hearings

La Raza Centro Legal assisted asylum-seekers in shifting to online hearings due to fears from recent court arrests.
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